BAHAWALPUR City News

‘Panama Leaks opportunity to

complete accountability of everyone’

JI lawmaker warns campaign if accountability of politicians mentioned

by Panama papers not initiated

From Our Correspondent

BAHAWALPUR: Jamaat-e-Islami Parliamentary Leader in the Punjab Assembly MPA Dr Syed Waseem Akhtar Monday said Panama Leaks had provided a golden opportunity in Pakistan to complete accountability of every countryman.

Talking to reporters at an Iftar dinner in a local hotel organised by JI Bahawalpur, the MPA asked the rulers not to avoid accountability process and initiate investigation, otherwise the JI would launch a campaign for accountability of those politicians who are mentioned by Panama papers.

The JI leader said more than 57 per cent of Punjab development budget could not utilized. He called for a mechanism to ensure complete utilization of development budget.

CRACKDOWN ON GAMBLING: Regional Police Officer Bahawalpur Dr Ahsan Sadiq Monday intensified crackdown on narcotics, gambling dens and brothels. The RPO formed a special police team headed by DSP organized crime Mian Arshad in this connection. The team recovered 330 litre liquor, two kilogramme poppy and 30 gram heroine drug peddlers and raided three brothels and arrested 11 women and three men and busted a gambling den in district Bahawalnagar.

THREE BUTCHERS HELD: Khairpur Tamewali Assistant Commissioner Jam Aftab Hussain Monday inspected a slaughter house and asked police to arrest three butchers who were slaughtering a sick cow. The AC destroyed unhygienic and substandard meat.

SHOP LOOTED: Two motorcyclist robbers Monday barged into a shop and took away cash. The robbers snatched cash from Ahsan Ahmad’s computer shop located in Satellite Town commercial area.